Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141602 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Compilation
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Details
Vocal Quartets were Very Popular in the Pioneering Early Days of the Gramaphone. Three Quartets Dominated the Era: The Haydn, the American and the Peerless. Between Them, They Notched Up 236 Record Hits! Today They Are Largely Forgotten, Yet So Many of the Songs They Introduced Are Still with Us. "in the Good Old Summertime" Uniquely Showcases this Aural Slice of History. The First Nine Tracks Are by the Haydn Quartet, Including Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet (Top for 11 Weeks) and by the Light of the Silvery Moon (9 Weeks). The Foursome Included Such Individual Stars as Baritone Reinald Werrenrath (50 Solo Hits) and Lead Tenor Harry Macdonough (99 Solo Hits), who was Later Replaced by the Greatest Star of the Age Billy Murray. Murray also Sang Tenor with the American Quartet, Among Whose 10 Hit Tracks Here is the Decade’s Greatest Smash, the Two Million-selling Casey Jones. Members also Included Baritone Steve Porter (13 Solo Hits) and Tenor John Young (10).